Article first appeared at Shoot Illustrated. SIG Sauer has been making the P229 pistol for nearly 25 years. In that time, the pistol has been adopted for undercover use by many law enforcement agencies, including the United States Secret Service and the Federal Air Marshall Service. The P229 has also …

Article first appeared at AmericanRifleman. Rock Island Armory, a division of Armscor, offers a broad selection of 1911-pattern pistols that can’t be found anywhere else in the marketplace, including the company’s proprietary .22 TCM,Tactical 10 mm and full-size .22 Mag. options. Last year, the company released a new reduced-size 1911 …

rticle first appeared at AmericanRifleman. Founded in 1995, Bond Arms was launched with the idea that the Remington Model 95 over-under, single-action derringer could be transformed from an Old West anachronism into a modern defensive handgun. Along with other design improvements, including a beefed up stainless-steel frame and integral safety …

In this News Minute from the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, Jennifer Zahrn reports that, at a town hall meeting on the Second Amendment last week at the annual CPAC gathering, Chris Cox discussed why the NRA supports legislation allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry on college campuses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTzgtu4B9Y&feature=youtu.be

Article first appeared at Cheaperthandirt. Trigger pull, trigger jobs, trigger reset—the trigger has as much (or more) to do with accuracy on a handgun as the sights. However, there is a lot of bad information on how and when you should look into having a trigger job done on your …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. More SUBSCRIBE Experts in the field of personal protection advise their students to arm themselves with the most powerful defensive handguns they can manage. But how much felt recoil any one individual can deal with is governed by a variety of factors. Age, injury, …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Numbers released this week by the FBI indicate that 2,613,074 firearms-related background checks were performed through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the 29 days of February, reflecting a record number for the shortest month of the calendar year. February 2016 …

Article first appeared at Shooting Illustrated. Snubby revolvers are popular carry guns. Most, however, are not chambered in .44 Mag. TheRuger Super Redhawk Alaskan is built on Ruger’s largest revolver frame, and weighs a portly 45 ounces. While Ruger may have originally designed the Alaskan for duty in the arctic …

There is no doubt that this is an injustice. Joe Balistreri and his family had spent the night at his parents’ house in Foster City, California. After he shot an intruder in the home, Balistreri was then sued by the intruder in a civil suit, which placed a large monetary …

Georgia, like many states, is very close to passing a pro-gun bill that would recognize the right of college students to carry their guns concealed on campus, but it’s the reaction of anti-gunners that is simply amazing. They are coming unglued. HB 859, also called the “Campus Safety Act” would …